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The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wrangling about the defences of Savannah. (search)
Wrangling about the defences of Savannah. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, in a message to the Legislature, encloses a letter received by him from General Mercer, commanding the Military District of Georgia, in which General M. informs him that "a letter from the Secretary of War has been received by him which withdraws from him all power to retain the negroes now working upon the fortifications at Savannah, " and that "from this time forward he will make no further efforts to secure labor himself," and "if the people and Government of the State mean Savannah to be defended, they must furnish the necessary labor." General Mercer also makes a requisition upon the State for negroes to work on the defences. The Governor, in his message, after detailing the above facts, says: While the right is denied to the State by the Conscription act to call into the field and retain in her service any portion of her organized militia, or any part of the material of which it is composed, to defend